Etiket: Immigrants
The Trudeau government wants to welcome 500,000 immigrants a year by 2025
The federal government is planning a massive increase in the number of immigrants entering Canada, with a goal of 500,000 per year by 2025. Immigration Minister Sean Fraser said Tuesday…
Canada expects to welcome 500,000 immigrants in 2025
(Ottawa) Canada is opening its doors to immigration more than ever. In 2025, the Trudeau government plans to welcome 500,000 newcomers in the hope of filling the many vacant positions…
Immigrants | Does Quebec have “the necessary powers”?
The debate has been going on for months. Prime Minister François Legault is calling for all powers in immigration. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau retorts that Quebec has “all the necessary…
Immigrants | The three major projects of the new government
The theme of immigration agitated the last Quebec election campaign. The time is now for action and the Coalition avenir Québec (CAQ) is expected at the turn. If Quebec has…
A boom in Hong Kong immigrants in the west of the country
(Vancouver) The population of Hong Kong origin is growing again in Canada, according to the latest census data, with a large majority settling in the Vancouver metropolitan area. Posted at…
Plea for Quebec to align itself with Ottawa in the regularization of undocumented immigrants
A coalition of civil society organizations is asking Quebec not to put obstacles in the way of the eventual federal program to regularize people without status and to align itself…
Immigrants | Quebec is ripe for a great national discussion
The last election campaign brought its share of necessary debates for our society, but also brought to light the discomfort with regard to the question of social cohesion and immigration…
After Lola’s murder, Paris says it must “do better” on deporting irregular immigrants
The French government admitted on Wednesday that it had to “do better” on the deportations of irregular immigrants, after being questioned by the right and the far right following the…
How can we plan to welcome 40,000 to 70,000 immigrants if there is already a housing shortage?
This text is taken from the Courrier de l’économie of October 17, 2022. To subscribe, click here. How can we plan to welcome, all political parties combined, 40,000 to 70,000…
Solidarity without borders | Protesters demand the regularization of undocumented immigrants to Justin Trudeau
(Montreal) On the eve of a possible massive regularization program across Canada, protesters from the Solidarity Across Borders network showed up at the Montreal constituency office of Prime Minister Justin…
Are professional orders obstacles to the integration of immigrants?
This text is part of the special booklet Trades, professions and careers While Quebec is facing unprecedented labor shortages, immigrants looking for work still face certain obstacles in finding a…
[Opinion] What if the CAQ’s discourse harmed the integration of immigrants?
The discourse of the Coalition avenir Québec (CAQ) on immigrants uses alarmist vocabulary and false statements, which make it unfavorable to the integration of newcomers to Quebec. Indeed, his speech…
Immigrants | House of Commons committee calls emergency meeting
(Ottawa) The House of Commons Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration has called an emergency meeting to consider allegations that the Department of Citizenship and Immigration misled a judge ,…
Immigrants | François Legault must stop hiding behind the federal government
During the election campaign which has just ended, many enormities have been said on the question of immigration. In addition to the distressing remarks made by Jean Boulet and François…
Immigrants | “We will not accept being told no”, replies the CAQ to Trudeau
The Coalition avenir Québec (CAQ) persists in its objective of extracting more power from the federal government in immigration despite the end of inadmissibility decreed Wednesday by the Prime Minister…
Immigrants | The Quebec government already has the powers it needs, says Rodriguez
(Ottawa) The Quebec government already has all the powers it needs in terms of immigration, argued Tuesday Pablo Rodriguez, Quebec lieutenant of Justin Trudeau. Posted at 3:02 p.m. Updated at…
Immigrants | The calculated blunders, the dangerous blunders
Last week, the outgoing Minister of Labour, Employment and Social Solidarity as well as Immigration, Francisation and Integration, saw fit, in the midst of an election, to declare that 80%…
Immigrants | Nadeau-Dubois ends his campaign by accusing Legault of hurting Quebecers
(Montreal) For his last day of campaigning, when Quebecers go to the polls on Monday, Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois has chosen to denounce once again the remarks made throughout the election by…
Immigrants in Lebel-sur-Quévillon: from “job thieves” to “job saviors”
LEBEL-SUR-QUÉVILLON – Perceived by some as “job thieves” ten years ago, immigrants are now welcomed as “job saviors” in Lebel-sur-Quévillon, in northern Quebec. • Read also: Convoys “Outside the CAQ”:…
“Suicidal” to welcome more immigrants: voters agree, says caquiste
According to CAQ MP Richard Campeau, “native” voters in Camille-Laurin agree with François Legault when he says it would be “suicidal” to welcome more immigrants. • Read also: Comment on…